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August 15, 2020

Etisalat ready to serve the "New Normal" accelerating digital transformation and adoption

Etisalat is ready to serve the "New Normal" pushing the fast forward button on digital transformation by focusing on partnerships, collaborations, and investments with digital adoption being key for new digital services, said Dr. Ahmed Bin Ali, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Etisalat Group...

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stc launches its new Code of Ethics and Business Conduct

stc launched the Company’s new Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, to reinforce its commitment to Integrity and fulfill the ethical expectations of its stakeholders...

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Omantel announces pre-orders for Samsung Galaxy Note20 and Note20 Ultra

The first and leading integrated telecommunication services provider in the Sultanate, Omantel, announced that devices part of the all-new Samsung Galaxy Note20 and Galaxy Note20 Ultra are available for customers starting...

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OTEGLOBE strengthens its network backbone with Cisco 400G IP infrastructure to meet European demands for more bandwidth

Cisco announced that OTEGLOBE has improved its network backbone with Cisco ASR 9900 5th Generation Line Cards ready to respond to its customers’ needs for a 400G-powered network...

Policy and Regulation

•	Spectrum cap confirmed for Australia’s planned 26GHz auction Allocation limits have now been set for Australia’s planned auction of 5G-suitable spectrum in the 26GHz band, which is scheduled to take place in March 2021...

•	Federal Tax Authority issues guide for e-commerce sector The Federal Tax Authority, FTA, has clarified via a guide that Value Added Tax, VAT, is applied on e-commerce services (also known as "electronic commerce", sometimes referred to as the "digital economy") upon their actual...

South Asia

•	Broadband projects approved for unserved areas The Universal Service Fund (USF) has approved the award of contracts to PMCL (Jazz), CMPAK (Zong) and PMTL (Ufone) for Next Generation Broadband for Sustainable Development Projects...

•	BOC ties up with SLT to launch first Dynamic QR BOC has recently tied up with the national telecommunication provider, Sri Lanka Telecom, to launch the first-everx Dynamic QR for bill payments...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Tricolor launches TVOD Russia’s leading pay-TV operator Tricolor has added a transactional video on demand (TVOD) to its offer...

•	Viya TV+ launches in the US Virgin Islands with Mirada Mirada has announce the commercial launch of its Iris multiscreen solution for Viya, a leading communications and entertainment provider in the US Virgin Islands...

Global Telecom Update

•	Iridium selects partners for new satellite IoT device As of the second quarter of 2020, Iridium commercial IoT subscribers grew 20% from the year-ago period to 863,000 customers, further cementing the company’s place as the premier satellite IoT company...

•	South Korea boasts 1 million digital driver’s license app users, plans to expand digital ID use In June, digital driver’s licenses were introduced on the national identity authentication app PASS, adopted by over 30 million people for mobile transactions...

Middle East

•	Saudi telco trends likely to continue post-COVID: BCG Fifty-three percent of residents in Saudi Arabia who responded to a survey expect the changes in consumption trends to continue beyond the lockdown, highlighting the importance of telco services in the Kingdom, a report...

•	Oman’s logistics sector digitisation initiatives highlighted by WEF The World Economic Forum (WEF) showcased the Sultanate of Oman’s progressive initiative in adopting new technologies in logistics operations through several successful experimentations.

North Africa

•	Egypt- Benya Capital, AOI to establish largest MEA fiber optic cables plant ICT infrastructure provider Benya Capital has signed a contract with the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) to establish the largest fiber optic cable factory in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	SFR Caraibe launches an 800Mbps LTE-A service in Saint-Laurent du Maroni SFR Caraibe has commercially launched a 4G LTE-A service, called ‘4G Max’, with download speeds of 800Mbps in the town of Saint-Laurent du Maroni...

•	China Unicom, China Telecom deploy 150,000 5G base stations in H1 China Unicom, together with rival telco China Telecom, deployed approximately 150,000 5G base stations across China in the first half of the year, the former said in its earnings statement...

Satellite & Internet

•	Internet speeds in rural areas will treble as new National Broadband Ireland plans unveiled The company behind rolling out broadband to remote parts of the country revealed it is to boost the minimum download speed from 150 to 500 megabits per second...

•	Kleos to launch second satellite cluster on SpaceX Falcon 9 Kleos Space announced that as part of the expansion of its constellation a contract has been signed with rideshare provider Spaceflight Inc to manifest a cluster of Kleos satellites on the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch, scheduled...

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